The numbers are in.

We’ve done it again!

The strength of a company's curriculum is measured by how well their students perform on the LSAT. At Blueprint, our students average an 11-point average score increase from their first to their best practice exam.

That's huge.

Since the test is measured on a scale of 120-180, that means our students average an increase that amounts to 1/6 of the test. Wow.

To put the increase into perspective, a student with a score of 151 on the June 2017 LSAT would have scored in the 52nd percentile of test takers. On the same exam, eleven additional points (a 162) would have yielded a score in the 88th percentile.

To drill down yet further, 151 is the median LSAT score for the 2016 entering class of students at the Pace University - Haub School of Law, which is ranked 120th according to US News & World Report out of the roughly 200 ABA-accredited law schools. By way of comparison, 162 is the median LSAT score for the 2016 entering class of students at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, which is ranked 30th on the same ranking system.

In other words, eleven points is a really big deal.

There are other factors involved in your application such as your GPA, personal statement, work history, and letters of recommendation, but it is undeniable that all other things being equal, a higher LSAT score will get you into a better law school.

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Blueprint Spring 2014 Student

+11 points? We don't stop there.

Many of our students experience ridiculously huge score increases.

In fact, 23% of the students in the study increased their score by 15 points or more. That's roughly one out of every four! And over 6% increased their scores by 20 points or more. To this we can only say: Suh-weet.

Elite LSAT Prep

12% / 170 +

Interested in targeting a top-tier law school? 12% of students who participated in our study scored a 170 or higher. In other words, roughly one in eight students received a score that, if obtained on the real LSAT, would make them competitive at any law school in the nation. Now that's elite prep.

Blueprint students do better. Period. Here are the numbers:

98
Of students increase their score during the course

89

+5 or more points

57

+10 or more points

23

+15 or more points

50% scored 160 or higher on a practice exam during the course

27% scored 165 or higher

12% scored 170 or higher

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(In case you need a point of reference: LSAC reports that only about 17% of all test takers score 160 or higher, and only about 2% of test takers rock out with a 170 or higher.)

Why Don't Other LSAT Prep Companies Have Score Increase Studies?

Our score increase study is unparalleled in the industry. But don’t take our word for it: we invite you to search for other companies' score increase studies. You’ll find almost no company conducts them (or if they do publishes the results) which prompts the question of how they’re measuring the success of their programs.

Our score increase is the product of the intense devotion to our LSAT curriculum and teaching our students that curriculum in the best way possible. To achieve it, we update our curriculum substantially every year to reflect the most recent trends on the LSAT. We also hire only the best and brightest instructors to teach that curriculum. Our LSAT instructors are rigorously vetted, trained, and paid the highest rates in the industry so that you're learning from the best. Finally, we provide the most cutting-edge technology in the form of score reports, homework explanations, and video modules so that you can continue studying effectively when you're at home.

History of Excellence

You might think that our score increase study seems nice but, as the product of one study, is possibly a fluke. The fact is that we run our score increase study every three years: in 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2017. In 2008 our average score increase was ten points, and, in 2011, 2014 and 2017, it was an 11 point increase. Moreover, we've been able to keep our results consistently high despite expanding the company. In other words, our results aren't a fluke, but the product of a carefully crafted curriculum taught by the best instructors available.

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Why isn't there an online LSAT course study?

We do not conduct our score increase study for our online LSAT course students. This is because, unlike our classroom course, we cannot be certain of when they take the practice exams or under what conditions. However, the curriculum in our online course is precisely the same as that taught to our in-class students.

Why isn't the study from the first practice exam to a student's LSAT score?

We have access to all of our classroom students' practice LSAT scores because they take them while in the
Blueprint LSAT classroom course. However, we do not have access to any of our students' real LSAT scores as that is their private information. We could theoretically ask them to tell us their scores, but we have no way of knowing if the score they provide is accurate. Neither would we obtain a statistically relevant sample as it is likely only those who scored well on the exam would tell us their score. To that end, we unfortunately are only able to calculate the score increase study with practice exams. However, these exams consist of real LSATs licensed from LSAC that are administered in the same fashion with regard to timing, experimental sections, and breaks as the real LSAT.

The Fine Print

The score increase study was conducted in the spring of 2017 and included all qualifying students in Blueprint classroom courses across the country, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, Houston, Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, Austin and Berkeley.

To qualify for the study, students had to take all six proctored practice tests given in the course. The study excluded self-study students who did not attend a live class. Repeat students were also excluded.

The score increase was calculated from students’ first practice exam to their best score. Using the first to last practice exam convention, the average score increase was eight (8) points. The score increase data was calculated by the accounting firm of BPE&H using test results taken directly from the Blueprint database.